Silicon

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Si element

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element, silicon compound

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• Silicon is present in the sun and stars and is a principal component of a class of meteorites known as aerolites.
• Sources Silicon is present in the sun and stars and is a principal component of a class of meteorites known as aerolites.
• Silicon is the basic material used to make computer chips, transistors, silicon diodes and other electronic circuits and switching devices because its atomic structure makes the element an ideal semiconductor.
• mol -1 Discovered by Jons Berzelius in 1823 Silicon Silicon is the most abundant electropositive element in The Earths crust.
• Specimens Silicon is rarely found in nature in its uncombined form.

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